This is semi-elimination type tournament. What I mean by 'semi' is that the emphasis of the rules is not on eliminating players, it is on seeing games through to completion and generating interest in AWD through this tournament, the ladder at wargamer.com and the AAR section of the forum.

Onto the rules

1) All participants must be registered at the Ladder at wargamer.com 2) The results of all tournament games are to be logged at the Ladder 3) All games will be with the 'Total War' scenario of AWD using the latest official patch. 4) FOW=on Advanced Supply=on End Date=on Auto Victory=on 5) Players have 48hrs to return a file or email there opponent explaining the delay and when they can expect the turn. 6) One last house rule. Rus can not start the war with Japan until Ger has surendered. (i.e. no HB attack on Japan to get DOW)

How it Works

For round 1 players will be put on a list in Alphabetical order according to there forum names. For future rounds players will be added to the list as they become eligible for the next round.

Each player will have 2 games going per round. Each player will play as axis against the player below him in the list. Each player will play as allies against the player above him in the list.

All players that achieve a win or a draw in at least one of the games will advance to the next round. The tournament will continue until 2 players remain or the completion of 10 rounds.

Scoring

Points will be awarded at the end of each game. There are 2 ways to earn points.

1) Finish a game and points are awarded (or detracted) according to Jan Sorensens excellent ladder point system: (too bad it doesn't seem to work at the ladder)

The total of the points entered for both players will be +40 under all circumstances - e.g. a Draw gives 20 points to both players (20 + 20 = 40), and a Decisive Victory means 60 for the winner and -20 for the loser (60 - 20 = 40).

2) Posting AAR in the aar section of the forum will also earn you tournament points. (player optional)

The minimum aar requirements are: a) aar must start no later than the year that Barbarosa kicks off or SU DOW on Germany. It may start earlier but not later. b) aar must have a minimum of one post for each year after SU and Ge go to war. c) aar must have minimum one paragraph and one screenshot for each of the world powers you are playing (excluding China) of course you can post more than minimum. d) I prefer the aar to be ongoing with the progress of the game but you may make the posts after the completion of the game.

Obviously be carefull what you reveal as your current and future opponents will no doubt be reading it.

Extra Points If you win the game the aar is following you will receive an additional 5pts on your score. If you lose or draw on the game the aar is following you will receive additional 15pts on your score as long as you play the game to completion (i.e. do not concede the game) If you lose the game the aar is following and concede before the end date you will receive additional 5pts.

The most points you can get for a win is 65 The most points you can get for a draw is 35 The most points you can get for a loss is 25

Declaring a Winner

The Grand Champion will be the player with the highest score when there are 2 or less player remaining or at the end of round 10 whichever occurs first. If there is a tie for 1st place in points then additional rounds will continue until one player has a higher score at the completion of a round.

There will be a prize for Winning and for Runner Up. There will also be a prize for player submitting the best AARs. The public will vote for the winner of this prize at the end of the tournament.

This will be the trophy for the Winner and it will be engraved "Grand Champion of the 2007 GGWAW A World Divided PBEM Tournament"

A suggestion for this tournament or a future one: How about a final showdown of the last two remaining players?

They could play two games against each other, one on each side, either at the same time or successively. The sum of the two results (according to our ladder rules) would determine the champion then. In the rather unlikely case of an overall draw their results during the tournament could decide about the winner.

This could be great fun and suspense for everyone - just imagine the AARs!

Lebatron is right now unable to continue our fight, but he is far better player then me. If he recovers from his loss, I will gladly give up my place to him. (If he forfiets and fcam1387 or someone else doesn´t step in)

Hopefully, fcam can step in. If not, you could also consider just having Lebatron's two opponents play each other - if they are willing.

Now that is what I call an excellent suggestion that I never even thought of.

fcam1387 has decided to not join in the fun. I was just going to give Mike and Kondor Decisive Victorys but I really like the suggestion that they play each other. It is much more in the spirit of the tournament and they seem to be eager to play on.

So that is the decision guys. You will play the side that you originaly were suppose to play against Lebatron. Good luck to both of you.

I will see if I can find the time to post an AAR detailing the first couple of years. Its certainly has not been dull as Dave has been beating me silly. Hopefully my time to give some of that beating back shall come though I am less than certain I can keep him from getting an AV in 1942.

Dear MrQuiet and kondor, I'd like to postpone starting our games until I've finished my round 1 game with Forwarn. I hope that's okay for you.

Christian and GKar I am ready for round 2 action whenever you guys are. GKar I will send my opening turn soon but you do not have to respond until you are ready. Officialy speaking you have until Round1 is complete.

Gents (that means YOU Avatar47) I just realized my new platform (MAC) doesn't support AWD, please log loss reports for me and take 2 decisives. I apologize for this tardy response, I just switched continents (moving Transatlantic unexpectedly kinda sucks) and now the computer won't back me up in my quest to ummmm, participate.

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Gents (that means YOU Avatar47) I just realized my new platform (MAC) doesn't support AWD, please log loss reports for me and take 2 decisives. I apologize for this tardy response, I just switched continents (moving Transatlantic unexpectedly kinda sucks) and now the computer won't back me up in my quest to ummmm, participate.

Sorry to hear that. You could have had my old PC if I hadn't already goitten rid of it.